24. Necromancied Exploding Skeletons

[soygreen]

Necromancied Exploding Skeletons

[Corbon Loughnan]

Background:
There is some uncertainty about the status of monsters animated by a
hero with necromancy. What abilities and or upgrades should apply to
the newly animated monster? Some think it is (re)animated exactly as
it was immediately before death (ie with many or all of the abilities
or upgrades it may have received when it was under the OL's control).
Others think it has only some of those abilities - though how to tell
which abilities or upgrades it 'keeps' is then a second debate.
Possibly some may think it has no upgrades or abilities at all (a gold
level monster necromancied would be a copper level monster under the
hero's control) though none appear to have expressed that opinion.

Question:
Which upgrades continue to work on monsters that are now under a
hero's control (eg necromancy)? Do monster upgrades count (eg Silver
level upgrades in advanced campaign)? Do Powers count (eg Doom, Unholy
swiftness, Dark Armour)? Do Avatar upgrades count (eg Arcane Energies,
Deaths Head, Sniper)? Do Avatar special abilities count (eg Master of
the Hunt's The Pack)?

Answers:
A1: Nothing counts. The newly animated monster does not get any
benefits from the OLs powers, special abilities or upgrades of any
kind.
A2: Everything counts. The newly animated monster is exactly identical
to how he was when he died.
A3: X, Y, and Z types of upgrades are kept, A, B and C types of
upgrade do not (fill in X-Z and A-C)
A4: (a full list of all upgrades with each individually specifying
whether they are kept or not).
A5: Upgrades that specify 'your' X receives Y (eg 'your' skeletons
receive the sniper ability) do not apply because the monster is no
longer controlled by the OL. Upgrades that are generalised (do not
specify 'your') still apply.

Additionally, an example should be added to the answer:
Example: A Gold level Sorcerer from RtL (15W4A, WGY Sorcery 4) with
Arcane Energies (Sorcerers get Blast 1) and Doom in play is killed and
reanimated with Necromancy. The hero controls a:
E1: 5W2Ar, WY, Sorcery 2 Sorcerer (nothing counts)
E2: 15W4Ar, WGY*b*, Sorcery 4, *Blast 1* Sorcerer (everything counts)
E3a: 15W4Ar, WGY, Sorcery 4, Sorcerer (monster upgrade counts but
nothing else)
E3b: 15W4Ar, WGY, Sorcery 4, *Blast 1* Sorcerer (monster and Avatar
upgrades count but not powers)
E4: something else?

Note: There are reports that KW answered a question on this at a
convention. However these reports are a) not confirmed in writing and
b) do not give KW or any official answerer the opportunity for due
consideration of the answer.

On Sep 9, 10:46 pm, soygreen <esch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Necromancied Exploding Skeletons

[Corbon Loughnan]

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